"Kelly-Miller 1951 Portland, Indiana
Whitey Thorn, Bill Woodcock,and George Williams
"Hattie", "Jennie", Kay", "Barbara" and "Anna May".
This is the center ring act my Dad broke the winter of 1949-50 when he first joined the show and of course George is Rex Williams younger brother.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
1949-51 Kelly-Miller #7
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Buckles,
Hattie and Kay lived to the 1990s; Barbara and Anna May to the 2000s. What became of Jennie ? Great picture.
She was a hard keeper, tall and lanky, my father called her "Jenny Woodcock".
She was always flighty and in 1958 was sold to Mexico.
Some time after that while showing along the border, she took off, left the lot and managed to swim across the Rio Grande back into Texas.
Quite an International affair at the time.
You can take a girl out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of the girl.
Did George remain in the business
I only heard of him through your
mentioning him once in a while
George decided to enter the Service and asked my father for a referral being his last employer.
He has long since retired from the Air Force and haven't heard anything about him in years.
Rex had an older brother named Ben who our Ben was named after.
I can only imagine the reaction
of our crackerjack border guards
seeing an elephant sauntering up
the riverbank (make a good movie)
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